• Basics of PAAS
• Web and Worker roles
• Storage options (blobs, tables and queues).
• Deployment, monitoring and configuration.
• Common questions asked by folks moving to PAAS.

Podcast media file:

http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode2.mp3

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2013/10/18/windows-azure-announcing-support-for-windows-server-2012-r2-some-nice-price-cuts.aspx

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2013/10/22/windows-azure-announcing-release-of-windows-azure-sdk-2-2-with-lots-of-goodies.aspx

http://azurestorageexplorer.codeplex.com/

SCOM 2012 Management Pack for Windows Azure Now Available

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38414

Pricing calculator

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/

Pilot episode where Cale Teeter & Sujit D'Mello discuss the basics of the Cloud. In 10 minutes (OK, it took us about 22 minutes!), they try to answer the questions:

• What is the cloud?
• The differences between Public and Private cloud.
• The competitive landscape.
• The basics about Windows Azure.
• How do you get an account on Azure?
• What works well in the cloud (and more importantly what does not).

Podcast media file:

http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode1.mp3

Links:

http://www.windowsazure.com

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/member-offers/msdn-benefits-details

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2013/10/01/free-ebook-introducing-windows-azure-for-it-professionals.aspx?loc=zTS1z&prod=zWAz&tech=zOttechz&prog=zPressz&type=zBLz&media=zBKz&country=zUSz